N.Y. voter registration now available online

12:28 AM,
Aug. 18, 2012

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ALBANY -- New Yorkers with driver's licenses or non-driver identification will be able to register to vote online or through kiosks at state Department of Motor Vehicle locations.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration announced the get-out-the-vote initiative at a Thursday news conference, noting that New York ranks 47th in the nation for voter registration with only 64 percent of eligible voters registered. Good-government groups said the effort would increase voter registration, improve accuracy in voter rolls and cut postage and data-entry costs.